[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2738-2739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-688]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-201-003]
Ceramic Tile From Mexico; Amended Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Amended Final Result of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review.
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SUMMARY: On August 8, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
submitted to the Court of International Trade (CIT) the final results
of redetermination pursuant to a remand in Ceramica Regiomontana,
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S.A., et al. (Slip Op. 94-74, May 5, 1994). On September 14, 1994, the
CIT affirmed our redetermination (Slip Op. 94-142). In accordance with
that affirmation, we are hereby amending the final results of the
countervailing duty administrative review of ceramic tile from Mexico,
covering the period January 1, 1986, through December 31, 1986. During
the above period, the country-wide rate for ceramic tile for the
companies that are not de minimis is 4.02 percent ad valorem.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest or Kelly Parkhill,
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone:(202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 9, 1989 (54 FR 19930), the Department published the final
results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on
ceramic tile from Mexico, covering the period January 1, 1986, through
December 31, 1986. For purposes of the final results, the Department
calculated the ``all others'' countervailing duty rate by weight
averaging the benefits received by companies, excluding zero rate and
de minimis firms. The resultant countervailing duty rate applicable to
non-de minimis firms was 4.28 percent ad valorem.
On May 5, 1994, the CIT, in Ceramica Regiomontana S.A. v. United
States (Slip Op. 96-74, May 5, 1994), remanded to the Department for
redetermination the final results of this review. The CIT ordered the
Department to ``recalculate the country-wide countervailing duty rate
applicable to non-de minimis firms by weight averaging the benefits
received by all companies by their proportion of exports to the United
States, inclusive of zero rate firms and de minimis firms pursuant to
the methodology set forth in Ipsco v. United States, 899 F.2d 1192
(Fed. Cir. 1990).''
Final Remand Results
On August 8, 1994, the Department filed with the CIT its final
results of redetermination upon remand, in which the Department
complied with the CIT's order and recalculated the ``all others''
countervailing duty rate by weight averaging the benefits received by
all of the 42 companies, including 36 de minimis or zero rate firms
subject to the 1986 review. The resultant ``all others'' rate of 4.02
percent ad valorem, which included de minimis and zero rate firms, was
assigned to the remaining six non-de minimis firms--Barros Tlaquepaque,
Ceramica Regiomontana, Ceramica y Pisos Industriales de Culiacan, Ima
Regiomontana, Industrias Intercontinental and O.H. Internacional.
Final Results of Redetermination
On September 14, 1994, the CIT affirmed the Department's
redetermination upon remand (Slip Op. 94-142). In accordance with that
affirmation, we are hereby amending the final results of the
administrative review for the period January 1, 1986, through December
31, 1986. We determined that the ``all others'' countervailing duty
rate for companies that are not de minimis is 4.02 percent ad valorem.
The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall
assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. The
Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs
Service.
This notice is in accordance with section 516(a)(e) of the Act.
Dated: December 29, 1994.
Barbara R. Stafford,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-688 Filed 1-10-95; 8:45 am]
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